Lloyds List 19 June 2013 Impetus for reform is building as UN body seeks to better serve industry’s needs WHEN Birgit Liodden, secretary-general of Youngship International, played a rap song at last ...
New model IMO seeks to adapt to shipping’s changing environment
Fear of Criminalisation Grows
Maritime Risk International - June 2013 - Seafarers suggestions on how to improve their situation when facing criminal charges were presented at the landmark 100th session of the Legal Committee of ...
Fair Legal Processes Are Being Denied
According to new research, the criminalisation of seafarers is now such a serious problem that junior officers are actually deterred from seeking promotion in case being a higher rank puts them in the ...
Costa probe blames the human element
IMO to meet this month to consider recommendations from inquiry into Italian disaster The long-awaited official Italian report on the investigation into the Costa Concordia disaster last year has ...
Been there, done that… a recipe for success?
A debate is raging about the future of the superintendent’s role — much of it focusing on the thorny question of whether superintendents need to have been to sea or sailed in the highest ranks to do ...